From major event books, to character driven stories, he seems to have done it all. Publication history volume 1 19721974 the first series featured the original supergirl, supermans cousin kara zorel. Greg rucka isnt just a successful writer of comics, graphic novels. We are michael lark and greg rucka, the creators of lazarus. His stand alones are often great and i love his atticus kodiak serieswhich are too infrequent for my desires. Cristian casaress comic art gallery all comic art prelims. It was written by ed brubaker and greg rucka, with pencils initially by. Additionally, this oversized gem tells tales from dianas past, present and future by some of the greatest storytellers in the business including colleen doran, mariko tamaki, the teen titans. The series first volume was published by image comics from 2000 to 2004. Today he lives in portland, oregon, with his wife, comic book writer jennifer van meter hopeless savages. Williams iii also contains a collection of variant covers, williams early and uncoloured sketches and some script pages from rucka. Rucka wrote or cowrote over twenty issues of the no mans.
It possessed all the stuff i didnt like about his comic book work. Aug 14, 2007 picked this up because of my comic book reading club, and the best element about it is how the land is treated like another character. Greg rucka exposes the treatment at hands of dc and marvel. Rucka and southworth play with familiar detective tropes, but do it with such charm that you welcome them. Raven team of writer kami garcia and artist gabriel picolo, and legendary wonder woman creators returning to the character, including gail simone and. Disappointed about greg rucka s run on the punisher coming to an end. The punisher is a marvel comic book series featuring the character frank castle, also known as the punisher, written by greg rucka. Gregory greg rucka born november 29, 1969 is an american comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as action comics, batwoman, detective comics, and the miniseries superman. Elektra by greg rucka ultimate collection rucka, greg author paperback 2012 the paperback of the elektra by greg rucka ultimate collection by greg rucka, chuck austen, joe bennett, carlo pagulayan elektra 2001 tpb comic book db see more. Heres some simple reading orders broken down by character. Odd jobs by editor christopher golden, writers include stephen r. The series is based on the comic book series of the same name, created by greg rucka, matthew southworth and justin greenwood and adapted for television by writerproducer jason richman.
If you cant find the hiketeia to read as a separate comic, this volume has the story. Established in the 1830s as a camp along the oregon trail, portland evolved into a major west coast industrial city during the twentieth century. Gregory rucka is an american comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such. Greg rucka talks detective comics greg rucka is teaming with allstar artist j. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Dynamite the official site killing red sonja, george r. This series of the punisher continues the tradition of matt fractions war journal series and rick remenders previous punisher series and places the character firmly in the ongoing marvel universe inhabited by superheroes such as the avengers and spiderman. Superherobox batwoman originally referred to as the bat woman is a fictional character and female counterpart to the superhero batman, created by bob kane and sheldon moldoff. He is particularly famous for his works on comics such as batwoman, action comics, and the dc comics miniseries superman. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. The television series adds that she is marine veteran suffering from ptsd, two traits which are not at all mentioned in the nineteen issue limited comic book series. Journey to the world of thedas in these canonical comics from bioware and dark horse. Cully hamner is an american comic book artist, known for his work on such books as green lantern. Greg rucka on queer narrative and wonder woman comicosity.
In the graphic novel series by greg rucka, dex parios is a downonher luck private investigator, bisexual, and gambler indebted to local casinos in and around portland. There is a recurring character in the simpsons, a blist actor who shows up in industrial and educational films with some variation of this. It was founded in 1992 by several highprofile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the s to the characters they created, as creatorowned properties. Like the bustedup ford mustang dex drives, stumptown is the book that makes you smile as it drives by. Gregory rucka is an american comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as action comics, batwoman, detective comics, and the miniseries superman. Gotham central is a police procedural comicbook series that was published by dc comics. Greg rucka began his writing career as a crime novelist with the atticus kodiak series of books and became very highly regarded as a writer of crime and. The punisher was named the 19th greatest comic book character of all time by movie magazine empire, saying that he is the grimmest and most compelling of characters and praising the punisher max series. Image comics project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
In the wake of a second attempt on her life, lois takes the unprecedented step oftelling superman to back off. The complete series list for atticus kodiak greg rucka. Contemporarily, it is the most populous city in oregon, and the secondlargest city in the pacific northwest. Rucka for chatting with us, and be sure to check out our incredible conversation with greg, and stay tuned to comicsverse for more amazing podcast guests and indepth analysis of the best comic books past and present. Stumptown is an american comic book limited series and later ongoing, written by greg rucka. Greg rucka reveals his shocking treatment at the hands of marvel and dc. Powers is an american creatorowned police procedural comic book series by writer brian michael bendis and artist michael avon oeming. Batwoman is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Death and the maidens 1 a, oct 2003 comic book by dc. Earth one original graphic novel and the weekly dc comics bombshells digitalfirst series, and now in the twicemonthly ongoing by writer greg rucka and artists nicola. His other works include the eisner awardwinning sequel whiteout.
Official website greg rucka at the comic book db archived from the original. Katherine kate kane is a wealthy heiress who becomes inspired by the superhero batman and chooses, like him, to put her wealth and resources towards a campaign to fight crime as a masked vigilante in her home of gotham city. World of new krypton is a twelveissue american comic book limited series produced by dc comics. Other creators were brought in later to assist with lettering and inking. This collection reprints stories from the following comic book issues. Really enjoyed this, i hadnt read the original issue either. Ask anything, and hopefully well have answers that satisfy to the best of our ability. Image comics has been publishing the book since the first issue was released on june 23, 20. Greg rucka on the great ten in checkmate, newsarama, june 22, 2006. The first novel, initial vector, was written by greg rucka and released in 2005. It was originally released in four issues during 1998, by oni press and then collected into a trade paperback a film adaptation of the series was released in 2009. Whiteout is a comic book limited series by writer greg rucka and artist steve lieber.
The gcd is building the most comprehensive comics database. First comic book work space beaver darick created his first comic book at the age of 17 while still in school and also working as a bill collector. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover da. Gotham city has gone through a violent earthquake that caused billions of dollars in damages and no repairs in sight. I generally come out of a greg rucka novel feeling positive about the experience, the way i would from a. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of spring 1940. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication in the spring of 1940. A set of novels published by tor books and a comic book series published by prima games were released to supplement perfect dark zero. Awakening, part 2 of 5 rowan considers a spark, a hand, a body. Greg rucka has been writing comics for almost 20 years. Greg rucka discusses wonder woman, image titles, and the.
Stumptown at the grand comics database stumptown at the comic book db archived from the original. Wonder woman is bisexual, says dc comics writer greg rucka. Legion of three worlds, while rucka began work on a project. The 100 best comic book characters of all time paste. Greg rucka says monterey county today is unrecognizable as the place where he was a kid. I think most of the people will buy every comic book of the character heshe likes, even if its bad.
Women that read comics were often viewed as doing womanhood wrong or as individuals that read comics wrong. It follows a woman who is the kind of money penny character that turns out to also be a serious spy who is trying to solve the murder of her sometime lover that she had been framed for. When you flip through a comic book, youre looking at a medium that has existed for less than a century. Michael lark and greg rucka lazarus, gotham central, lots of other comics and things will be doing an ama on 17 april, beginning at 09. The view that comic book reading was a hobby strictly for males created a hostile environment for the female comic book reader. Comic announcements, discussions, news and rumors july 9th.
Gotham central at the comic book db archived from the original. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication. Steve lieber born may 19, 1967 is an american comic book illustrator known for his work on books such as detective comics and hawkman, and the critically acclaimed miniseries whiteout, which was adapted into a 2009 feature film starring kate beckinsale. This story wouldnt have worked in a different setting like a city because it revolves entirely around the stark, harsh climate and how it affects the people and situations. It is set six months after the events of the game and portrays dark as an exbounty hunter drawn into the carrington institutes. Greg rucka born november 29, 1969 is an american crime novelist who wrote six novels featuring bodyguard atticus kodiak before crossing over into comic books with whiteout and going on to write a highly respected run on wonder woman and several batman and superman titles. Key issues the uncanny xmen part one so the key issues list that everyone who finds their way to this blog really wants to see. The story and theme were great, newbern as superman was a welcome return and pauley perrette as lois worked better than i expected as. The goldenpenned character of anastasia bransfield was also described in the companion, despite her never having actually appeared in a hellboy or bprd comic. Some of his most notable work has used the dc comics characters green lantern, aquaman, flash and superman. One book is a very simple black and white with large panel book, and that has no. Gregory greg rucka is an american comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as action comics, batwoman, detective comics, and the miniseries superman. The character is unrelated to the later marvel comics superheroines who took on the codename. Black magick opens at the fall equinox, as a pagan ceremony takes place.
Sep 30, 2016 wonder woman is bisexual and has been in love and had relationships with other women, dc comics writer greg rucka has revealed. Critically acclaimed comic book writer greg rucka has been brought in to write chapters 3 and 4 of the games story, and he also joined the editing team for chapters 1 and 2 to sprinkle his flavor on the original script. The series lasted for 10 issues until 1974, after which the character began appearing regularly in the superman family commencing with issue. Feb 02, 2018 its not everyday you get to sit down with a living legend and to be fair, you didnt but we did. Williams iii on detective comics once the longrunning series returns from its battle for the cowlimposed hiatus in june. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as the protagonist. The series was written by geoff johns, grant morrison, greg rucka, and mark waid, with layouts by keith giffen. So begins greg ruckas seminal run on a legendary fictional character. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as its main protagonist. Aug 19, 2014 writer greg rucka came into the batman universe during no mans land, a yearlong storyline that ran throughout 1999 during which the four core batman titles then batman, batman. Within those approximate 80 years, comic book stories and the avatars within have.
Comic is home to the largest dc comics forums outside of dc. World of new krypton for dc comics, and for novels such as his atticus kodiak series. Greg rucka on his stumptown comics becoming a tv show, which. Many small press black and white books featuring anthropomorphic heroes were seeing sudden critical and commercial success in the wake of kevin eastman and peter lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles. Stumptown is an american comic book limited series and later ongoing, written by greg rucka with art by matthew southworth.
Greg rucka is a popular american comic book author and novelist. Monkeys fighting robots had the chance to speak with rucka at megacon this weekend, and you can watch the interview in full here. It was founded in 1992 by several highprofile illustrators as a venue where comics creators could publish their material without giving up the s to the characters they created, as creatorowned properties. Greg rucka is an eisner awardwinning comic book writer and novelist. This wonder woman is the sequel to wonder woman by greg rucka vol. It is written by the team of james robinson and greg rucka, who at the time of this publication are the current writers of the superman and action comics titles, and illustrated by artist pete woods. Parker, raymond chandler as influences in the creation of his character, dex parios. The two began developing the idea in 2012 and partnered with colorist santi arcas to finish the art. Rucka is rarely better than when hes writing in the crime genre with a strong female lead. The first series launched by oni press on november 4, 2009 and ran for four issues. May 12, 2014 when you flip through a comic book, youre looking at a medium that has existed for less than a century. It seems like rucka had a lot of plots cross over between a lot of books, and i cant find any way to figure out where to begin. Atticus kodiak series in order greg rucka fictiondb. Rucka returned to the batwoman character frequently over the years in a 52 sequel the crime bible and final crisis.
This character appears in publications produced by dc comics and related media. Dc entertainments wonder woman, who iscurrently in the midst of her 75th birthday celebrations, has been confirmed as being queer by current writer greg rucka a confirmation that might not come as the biggest surprise to anyone reading the wonder woman comic book series. It is fully searchable and includes data on creator credits, story details, or other publication. Star comic book writer, greg rucka, got his start locally. He served as the president and chief creative officer cco of dc entertainment from 2016 to 2018 after his initial appointment as cco in 2010. Greg rucka born november 29, 1969 is an author of junior novels and comic books. Greg rucka author of batwoman goodreads share book. In 2004 the series moved to marvel comics as a part of its icon imprint. Geoffrey johns born january 25, 1973 is an american comic book writer, screenwriter and film and television producer. Checkmate at the comic book db archived from the original checkmate at the comic book db archived from the original interviews. Longtime supporting characters of batman, james gordon and harvey bullock, also. Lazarus is a dystopian science fiction comic book series created by writer greg rucka and artist michael lark.
Oct 30, 2015 greg rucka and nicola scott introduce us to a beautiful new concept, one steeped in pagan lore and introducing us to a whole new world of magick. As the kiss of death circles for another try, loiss search for answers takes her back into the political spotlight, while renee uses a gotham connection in an attempt to undo the damage shes done and find answers to another set of questions entirely. Meet the character that inspired the film in this classic story. As the character s 75th year in print, 2016 has delivered a demonstratively queer vision of wonder womans origins and homeland first in books like the wonder woman. But in alpha, rucka is apparently debuting a new series character named jad bell, former delta, who now hires out for cause and country. This led to a cyclical pattern of hostility towards females in the comic book audience. Greg rucka, is an american comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as action comics, batwoman. It was first advertised in early april 1940, one month after the first appearance. Grant morrison, writer of the main final crisis series, asked if geoff johns and greg rucka would write the two main companion limited series. Wodehouse, they have inevitably come across his work. A second miniseries began in september 2012 and ran for five issues and a third volume, this time ongoing, began in september 2014. He is also the cocreator and illustrator of the 2003 graphic novel red, which was adapted into a 2010 feature film of the same name starring bruce willis, as well as a 20 sequel.
Cristian casares gallery all original comic art prelims at. In october 2019, abc issued a full season order for the series. It was immediately successful, and remains one of the largest comic book publishers in north america. The thrilling ride continues with checkmate by greg rucka book 2. Wodehouse was a british humorist who wrote novels, short stories, journalism pieces, and other stuff, becoming extremely popular over a 70 year care.
Dont forget to show us some love, leave a comment, post, tweet, or blog our greg rucka interview. Shadow of the bat, detective comics, and legends of the dark knight essentially became one weekly book. Before the current comic book craze on tv, nbc tried to launch a wonder woman series in 2011 with adrianne palicki in the starring role. Steve lieber project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Rucka, who is writing the reborn comic series, said that as wonder. Batman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the dc comics hero of the same name.
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